Return-path: Received: from mail-bw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.214.46]:63177 "EHLO mail-bw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750939Ab1ISFjY (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:39:24 -0400 Received: by bkbzt4 with SMTP id zt4so5023033bkb.19 for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 22:39:23 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4E738BFE.7080201@qca.qualcomm.com> References: <4E737241.2080301@qca.qualcomm.com> <4E738BFE.7080201@qca.qualcomm.com> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:09:23 +0530 Message-ID: (sfid-20110919_073928_145010_EEE8D1A6) Subject: Re: ath9k_htc: "No free RX buffer" in monitor mode From: Mohammed Shafi To: Kalle Valo , viscous.liquid@gmail.com Cc: linux-wireless Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Kalle Valo wrote: > Hi Shafi, > > On 09/16/2011 07:09 PM, Mohammed Shafi wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 9:28 PM, Kalle Valo wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I was testing monitor mode with ath9k_htc and my laptop got slower. Then >>> I noticed this: >>> >>> [ 9246.606150] ath: No free RX buffer >>> [ 9246.606156] ath: No free RX buffer >>> [ 9246.606582] ath: No free RX buffer >>> [ 9246.606590] ath: No free RX buffer >>> >>> And I saw it quite a lot: >> >> we saw this some time back in AP mode occasionally and it never came >> up for as in monitor mode. we need to fix this. >> i will try to fix this. > > Thanks! I will run more tests with monitor mode next week and will let > you know if I see it again. Kalle thanks, now I could easily get this thing in monitor mode itself in a busy channel (6, HT20). will fix this soon. issue can be found with latest compat-wireless/wireless-testing > > Kalle > -- shafi